"There might not
be a purpose to things, or to your life, or to our existence, or to the cosmos."
From the podcast I understood nihilism to mean to not care
about anything or to think that life is just meaningless. Although it
sounds to be horrible I think it is relevant and necessary for
our society to have this idea around because having it put in
movies, art, music and shirts makes us feel more brave and
securer about the future. Like it said in the podcast “that all this
pop nihilist around us is not about tearing down power structure or bracing
nothingness its just, look at me, look at how brave I am.” Also in seeing all
those world ending/nihilistic movies, shows, novels and etc. makes society
think they can now prevent it from happening or if they can’t prevent it then
at least they can be prepared and adapt better it anyone of those scenarios were
to occur. Like the example they used about global warming, of how people used
to talk about ways to prevent it but later on the figured global warming was
inevitable and started talking about adapting to it. All in all nihilism is heavily
relevant in this society because it just makes us feel brave and shows that we aren’t
afraid.
“Cycles in which the sense of meaninglessness comes out in sharper release.”
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. All of the pop culture references to nihilism makes it easier for us to just acknowledge the fact that it exists, and then we can just put it in a box until we decide to recognize it again. It helps us to realize that not everything is perfect and it is okay to realize that. It also kind of gives us a scapegoat so we don’t have to realize it until its shoved into our faces. It’s these moments of “meaninglessness” that shows we are completely ready for whatever the world throws at us; any scenario, we can handle. And all of these pop songs or young adult movies, is what the younger generation is growing up on and they will be ready for whatever horrible thing the world comes to. Nihilism might be a depressing concept but it is a good thing to have as we move along as a society.